I'll be honest -- I don't understand the fascination with this kind of automation.

It looks like the demo has been running since the end of January and it is something like -1200 pips net in about two months. I could be mistaken, but it looks like the only reason that the account is not currently in loss is due to the small size of those heavily drawn down positions.

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From what I can see the recommended investment with this system is $5,000 to $10,000 to start. At -600 pips per month one's account should last for at least a few months, depending on order sizing.

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That being said, despite these obvious issues, it looks like there are SCORES of people tracking and discussing the system. Hmmm...

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I hate to state the obvious, but in order to evaluate the quality of a system I generally look at a few key indicators:

1. Does the system have large and old FLOATING LOSS TRADES? If yes, I disregard it.

2. Does the system have a substantial LOWER EQUITY THAN BALANCE? If yes, I disregard it.

3. Is the system running WITHOUT ANY CLOSED LOSSES? If yes, I look very very carefully at why. Chances are it's using martingale techniques. You WILL get burned -- it's not a matter of IF, it's a matter of WHEN.

4. Is the system running on a DEMO account? Generally I disregard it. It's too easy to hide the losers and show-off the winners. Running on a real money account makes the results meaningful, otherwise it's all just theoretical.

That being said, I'm still waiting for MyFXBook to implement better reporting of systems.

As much as I like MyFXBook and applaud the service that is being offered (thank-you, MyFXBook), I have to say that by not showing FRONT and CENTRE the *EQUITY* (not *BALANCE*), MyFXBook is weakening the quality of the site. The SYSTEMS page filtering should be upgraded with DEFAULT filtering of MAXIMUM OPEN ORDER AGE and also filtering based on MAXIMUM EQUITY/BALANCE DISPARITY.

Surprised there is so little response to this thread given that implementing some of these suggestions just might save a newbie from blowing account funds on a dodgy system. Equity will ALWAYS be a better measure of performance than account balance because it reveals those hidden, and often long standing, losing trades.

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